All these laws! How hard
it is, I thought, to regulate a society. Some of my reading reminded me of
dealing with children. You have to be so literal and specific with kids. If you
say, “No fighting!”, you then have to define what fighting is. I remember one
time when our kids were young, we had to step in and set up some house rules to
stop them from fighting. We drew up a family set of rules, but it took a few
iterations to help them understand the kinds of behaviors we felt were
unacceptable. It started with no fighting and hitting and the punishments for
both. But next thing we know we are stopping another fight, but as we began to
dole out the punishments, they said, “We weren’t hitting… we were just
pushing!”
And our contract had to
grow more detailed…
I felt like God was dealing
with children (even though they were adults) who needed each scenario spelled
out.
My mind spun to the NT and
the question to Jesus about His summation of the Law. Two overarching commands,
‘Love the Lord God with everything you have’ and ‘Love your neighbor as
yourself’. Brilliantly simple, but anything from
simplistic.
Love God, love all people…
Unfortunately, even boiled
down to two understandable laws, I fall short regularly and repeatedly. How
about you?
It is so obvious that I
(and we) need a Savior.
Savor this thought as you
go through today. What a wonderful preparation this will be for worship
tomorrow, when you get to join others in praising the One who saved us from our
sins and loves us totally and unconditionally!
Alleluia…
Amen!
Thank You,
Lord. Thank You! Amen.
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